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actinellida occurred as foreign bodies in Geodine Sponges from near 
Hammerfest. 
Sponge from Arctic America briefly described without name by A. E. 
Terrill, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 15, p. 153. 
North Sea. Chalinula fertilis, Keller ?, and Ilalichondria panicea , 
recorded by G. C. J. Yosmaer, Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ter. vi. p. lii., 
from Southern Holland. 
Norway. Notes on the Invertebrata of the fiords by E. R. Lankester, 
Nature, xxvi. p. 478, including 4 Sponges, among which appears Asbesto- 
pluma , g. n. (Norman, MS.), without further description. 
North Atlantic. The Sponges obtained by the ‘ Knight-Errant’ in 1880, 
between Scotland and the Faeroe Islands, are stated by F. E. Schulze, 
P. R. Soc. Edinb. 1881-2, p. 71 (sep. copy), to consist of Tisiphonia 
agariciforrnis } Ileniera (sens, lat.), sp. n., 1'etilla cranium , and Stylorrhiza 
stipitata, besides spicules of what was probably Holtenia. 
Lists including 5 Sponges collected by the U. S. Fish Commission off 
the New England coast,. by R. Ratiibun, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv. pp. 303 
& 307. 
Mediterranean. List of upwards of 100 species from the Bay of 
Naples given by Yosmaer (16), including several unnamed representa- 
tives of new genera or species, and two to which MS. names have been 
assigned by O. Schmidt ; also one Hexactinellid and two or three Lithis - 
tidee. 
. C. Keller, N. Denk. schw. Ges. xxviii. pt. 3, is reported in Nature, 
xxvi. p. 42, as describing a violet-coloured Sponge belonging to the Bitter 
Lakes, Suez Canal, as being in process of migration towards the Medi- 
terranean. 
Sponge figured and described without name as boring into colonies of 
Gladocora at Triest, by A. von Heider, SB. Ak. Wien, lxxxiv. Abth. i. 
p. 664, pi. iv. figs. 38 & 39. 
West Indies. 35 Sponges described by Carter (2) from collections 
made on the yacht ‘ Argo ’ in 1876-77. 
West Africa. T. Studer mentions, Zool. Anz. v. p. 354, as taken by 
the 1 Gazelle’ at depths of over 100 fath., between 11° S. lat. and 15° 
N. lat., and 18° and 24° W. long., Tisiphonia fenestrala P, Stylorrhiza 
stipitata P, and another Sponge ; in 150 fath. Farrea and stalked Suberi- 
tidee were obtained. 
Equatorial Pacific. 4 Sponges described by Carter (2) from Aca- 
pulco, W. Mexico. 
Classification. 
Tetr actinellida. Sollas (15) gives tables illustrating his views of the 
relations of the groups composing this Order, one of which is as fol- 
lows : — 
Tetr actinellida 
Completa 
Externa 
( Lithistidce 
{Scolopidce ( Dercitus , &c.)' 
j Corticata 
\ Leptochrota 
Choristidce. 
